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HARNESS PAD.

No. 343,424. Patented June 8, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BENNET, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,424, dated June 8,1886.

Application filed March 25, 1886. 'Serial No. 196,717. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BENNE'I, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Pads,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to pads 0r lining for harness, and hasfor its object the provision of a lining durable in use, easily cleaned,and which will prevent all galling or injury to the animal on whichharness is used provided with my improved pads or lining.

To attain the desired end my invention consists, essentially, in alining or pad the exposed surface whereof, coming in contact with theanimal, is covered or lined with sponge-rubber, said rubber beingimpregnated with vasaline, sulphur, and alum,'keeping the rubber softand pliable, while giving a medicinal action to the pad, all of whichwill be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a saddle provided with myimproved lining. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a pad, showing thearrangement of the parts. Fig. 3 is aview of a collar wherewith' myimproved lining is employed, and Fig. 4 isacross-sectional view of saidcollar. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the under side of a pad designed to beplaced beneath an ordinary saddle.

Like letters of reference, wherever they occur, indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

In preparing the rubber for use, it is impregnated with vasaline,sulphur, and alum, and then so treated as to make the well-known It iscut into plates or sponge-rubber.

slabs about one-half an inch thick and is secured directly to the partof the harness it is desired to pad or line, either by a suitable cementor other preferred means.

A represents a saddle, and B my improved sponge-rubber pad or lining.

C shows a strip of canvas or leather, to which a pad, B, is secured,preferably by cement.

D is a collar, having lining B.

E is a saddle-pad, to which lining B is secured, said pad being providedwith a loop, 6, A

for passing over the hook h in a saddle, A.

The advantages of my improved pad or lining are many. From the nature ofthe material of which it is made it is very soft and yielding, thevasaline keeping it soft and pliable, and together with the sulphur andalum acting to soothe and heal any abraded spot upon the skin of theanimal that the lining may come in contact with. It is easily keptclean, as dust and sweat may be readily washed therefrom, and I havefound by careful experiment that my improved pad or lining preventsgalling, and is very durable.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to seen re by Letters Patent, is-

A harness-pad or other analogous article formed with an inner face ofsponge-rubber, medicated, substantially as set forth.

Signed at NewYork, in the county of New York and State of New York, this20th day of January, A. D. 1886.

WILLIAM H. BENNET.

Witnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, A. M. PIERCE.

